Number of Palestinian female prisoners in Israeli jails jumped to 39 after the arrest of two women from Bethlehem and Tubas on Saturday and Sunday.

Palestinian Prisoner Society revealed, in a statement on Sunday, that Israeli forces abused three Palestinian minor girls, isolated them in Ashkelon prison and transferred them to an Israeli jail allocated for Israeli criminal female detainees.

The society pointed out that two female captives from Bethlehem and Qalandya refugee camp are still languishing in Israeli hospitals after being shot by Israeli gunfire a few days ago.

32 Palestinian female captives are held in Hasharon jail under very tough conditions lacking basic needs in addition to severe overcrowding, the society added.

Between injuries’ aches and detention pain, between band aids and gypsum and platinum and between accusation and court and punishments, they are only guilty of being Jerusalemites that fell victim to Israel’s security concern to end up being injured by the occupation’s bullets and under the pretext of “attempting to stab”.

Since the beginning of October, the popular rise launched and many young men and women were injured due to being assaulted or shot only because they were suspicious of stabbing Israelis. They were arrested despite their injuries and some of them are still receiving treatment under heavy guard and restrictions on their parents’ visits; others were transferred to prison before completing the necessary treatment.

The 22-year old prisoner Tarek Dweik is still receiving treatment at Al-Ramleh prison’s hospital after being transferred from “Beilinson” hospital in Petah Tikva. He was injured on 13/10/2015 after being assaulted by four settlers using iron pipes on his face and head. The police forces arrived at the scene and assaulted him with the butts of their guns resulting in a brain hemorrhage and fractures in the facial bones (jaw, eyes’ cavity).

Dweik’s mother said that they were able to visit him last week in Al-Ramleh prison’s hospital for the first time and added: “Signs of the injury were clear; he suffers from continuous dizziness and tends to forget at times. His vision ability decreased in addition to several pains and bruises. He was mostly hit on the head and face.”

The prisoner’s mother explained that her son’s jaw is still stitched with wires due to the fractures he suffered. He is currently being fed through liquids after being fed for weeks through his neck.

She also mentioned that the breathing tube is still placed in his neck since he is unable to breathe on his own due to fractures; it is expected that Dweik will undergo a surgery to remove it.

She pointed out that despite the critical condition of her son and his inability to talk, the visit was through the window and telephone.She explained that her son was transferred to Al-Ramleh prison’s hospital despite the need of being in a specialized hospital as he requires special follow-up.

She noted that Tarek was interrogated several times at the hospital despite his pains and injury; he cannot talk clearly because of fractures in his jaw.Dweik’s mother added that several absentia sessions were held for her son while he was brought to court in the last session when an indictment was submitted against him to the District Court in Los that included charges of attempting to kill a settler using a knife in the area of Ra’nana.

Tarek’s mother also added that her son does not remember what happened on that day when he was injured and told them: “I remember going inside a grocery store in Ra’nana. When I left, four settlers asked me where I was from and I answered Jerusalem”. He does not remember anything after that.

Isra’ Ja’abees

Isra’ Ja’abees is a mother and has been under-arrest since 10/11/2015 in Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital and is being badly treated by Israeli police and guards. Lawyer Tarek Barghouth said: “The guards are 24/7 present in his client’s room and attempt to provoke and pressure her by insulting her and by placing a mirror in front her so she can continuously see the burns she suffered.”

Talal Sayyad, Isra’s uncle, explained that she underwent four surgeries as burns cover most of her body. Absentia sessions were held for her and the judge extended her arrest several times; an indictment was submitted against her in the District court during the last absentia session.

He added that the family submitted several requested to visit her but were denied. Until today, they only know about her medical condition through the lawyer.

Isra’s lawyer explained that an indictment was submitted against his client that included charges of “attempted murder”; they claim that Isra’ attempted to burn a policeman using a home gas tank. The lawyer also pointed out that the occupation claimed at the beginning that she had an explosive device which was falsified during court sessions. It was revealed that the incident occurred 500 meters away from Al-Z’ayem checkpoint which denies any intention of Isra’ to hurt occupation soldiers.

Nourhan Awwad

The 16-year old Nourhan Awwad from Qalandia refugee camp is still under arrest and receiving treatment at Shaare Zedek hospital. The family was unable to visit her and check on her medical condition; note that she was injured in the chest and underwent a surgery and is currently in stable condition.

Nourhan was arrested on 23/11/2015 after being assaulted and shot when she attempted to carry out a stabbing attack in Jaffa Street in West Jerusalem using “scissors”; she was with the 14-year old Hadil Wajih Awwad.

Marah Bakir

The 16-year old prisoner Marah Bakir is still suffering from pains in her hand because of not getting the necessary rest and rehabilitation after suffering the injury.

Bakir was arrested on 12/10/2015 after being shot by a policeman dressed in civil clothes under the pretext of “possession of a knife”. More than 10 rounds were fired towards her and she suffered an injury in her left hand; some bullets went through her hand while others remained in her hand and required surgeries to remove them. She was also injured by shrapnel of bullets in her face and right hand and underwent two surgeries; first one immediately after the injury to remove the bullets from her hand and the other is to implant platinum and ensure the functioning of her hand’s nerves. Marah was not fully recovered when she was transferred to Asqalan prison three days after the surgery.

The school’s uniform and injury weren’t an excuse to release the child. She was rather interrogated and an indictment was submitted against her including charges of “planning to kill and slightly injuring a policeman”.

Marah’s family explained that she was transferred from the hospital to Asqalan prison and then to Al-Ramleh prison with two other minor female prisoners; they are suffering from harsh living conditions.

The family is still prevented from visiting Marah at the prison and was able to only visit her once at the hospital for 10 minutes in the presence of police personnel; note that they were granted the visit after submitting a request to the court.

Marah is practicing exercises to maintain the safety of her hand. Marah fell last year on her hand and had to undergo a surgery to implant platinum. Despite the pain, she tries to treat herself doing the required exercises to her other hand.

Asqalan’s prison administration refused to bring clothes, shoes and blankets to Marah. Marah said the blankets used are dirty and filthy which forces them to sleep on the floor without blankets. The prison’s administration deliberately storm into their room everyday for no reason, add to that the presence of insects in the room.

The food served in the prison is very bad and uneatable since it is not cooked well and the prison’s administration deliberately delays the meals causing prisoners to suffer from dizziness due to the lack of food. Marah said they are only allowed to go out to the courtyard for 15 minutes a day only.

Mohammad Yousef Burqan

Targeting the 18-year old Mohammad Yousef Burqan with a rubber bullet in his eye resulting in the removal of his wasn’t enough for the occupation forces who are detaining him.

Mohammad’s father explained that his son was injured by a rubber bullet in his left eye at the beginning of last October. He underwent a surgery in which the left eye had to be enucleated and two platinum implants were done to the bones of his face because of fractures he suffered in the skull, nose, teeth and upper jaw; wounds were also stitched. It was revealed that an artery was cut in the left side of his face which he cannot feel at all.

He added that his son still suffers from pains, fatigue and swelling in his face. Mohammad was transferred to Al-Maskobyeh prison only days after undergoing the surgery and enucleating his eye.

He said that Al-Maskobyeh prison administration isolated him three times so far despite his injury and pain. He was isolated once a day as a punishment to prisoners; initial interrogation took place at the hospital.

Shurouq Dwayyat

The 18-year old Shurouq Dwayyat was injured on 7/10/2015 and is still suffering pains in her hand after being shot by a female settler under the pretext of attempting to stab her.

Shurouq’s mother said: “Shurouq was presented to court last month and signs of fatigue and sickness were clear. She still suffers sever pains in her hand and underwent a surgery to implant an artery in her shoulder and implant skin in her neck. After spending three days in the hospital, she was transferred to Al-Maskobyeh and then to Hasharon prison. Every now and then, she is transferred to Al-Maskobyeh for interrogation despite submitting an indictment against her.

She also said that her daughter was injured with three bullets (chest are, shoulder and neck muscle). She can’t really move her hand and use it and needs physiotherapy but procedures of presenting her to a specialist are delayed.

Shurouq explained to her mother during the first visit in Hasharon prison that she underwent harsh interrogation. She was insulted and yelled at by 5 interrogators who were interrogating her and threatening to arrest her family members and demolish her house.Shurouq also explained that she requested the presence of her lawyer wither during interrogation but the interrogator claimed that he lawyer is busy and does not have the time to come. The lawyer denied those claims and confirmed he was never informed.

The information center pointed out that the occupation authorities arrested the 13-year old Ahmad Manasra and 11-year old Ali Ihab Ali Alqam after they were critically injured. They remained under arrest at the hospital and received treatment for several days. Despite their young age, they were not released and were transferred to “internal institutes”.

The forces also arrested Bilal Abu Ghanem who carried out a dual attack in an Israeli bus in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber. He stayed in the hospital for several days and was then transferred to prison; he was shot multiple times. The forces also arrested Khaled Basti after a group of settlers assaulted him under the pretext of “attempting to carry out a stabbing attack”. Basti suffered several fractures and wounds and remained at the hospital for few days.

Ziyad Hammouri, director and a founder of the Jerusalem Center for Social & Economic Rights, warned of the repercussions of the Israeli resolution of withdrawing residency from Jerusalemites and described the decision as "ethnic cleansing".

Israeli media said Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is deliberating on whether to withdraw residencies from more than 80,000 Jerusalemites residing behind the Israeli Separation Wall.

However, Palestinian statistics show that more than 120,000 Palestinians reside in the neighborhoods behind the Wall. These neighborhoods are now geographically connected to the West Bank, with Israeli military checkpoints separating them from Jerusalem, and the Palestinian residents of that region continuously pay taxes to the Israeli occupation government.

Israeli racist concerns

Hammouri clarified in an interview with the PIC that Israel is concerned about the demographic situation in Occupied Jerusalem, and is exerting all efforts to achieve a complete Judaization of Jerusalem through exiling Palestinians and bringing 300,000 Israeli settlers to live in their place. He warned of Israel's next escalations that would include demolishing Palestinian houses and putting economic pressures on Jerusalemites, making their lives miserably unlivable.

Hammouri warned of the negative impacts of the Israeli measures that would completely seclude these Palestinians from Jerusalem, and affect the Palestinian education, too.

Economic losses

According to Hammouri, the Palestinian economy would suffer formidable losses, especially in the commercial sector of the Old City, due to the Israeli high taxes imposed on Palestinian shops owners, which may oblige them to work in Israeli facilities to make livelihood.

He pointed out that all the Israeli ministries have special budgets for Jerusalem, especially for funding the settlement projects. On the other hand, the PLO's budget for Jerusalem is only $5-8 million.

According to Hammouri, 80% of Jerusalemites are under the poverty line, with deterioration in the economic and social conditions in the Old City due to the population density.

Absence of strategies

Hammouri lamented the absence of a Palestinian strategy to face the Israeli schemes. He insisted that the PLO has to cut some budgets from some ministries to provide financial support for the Jerusalemites. He mentioned that 20% of the Palestinian shops in the Old City are closed due to the bad economic conditions, threatening the livelihood of tens of thousands of Palestinian.

The Israeli-imposed siege on Jerusalem, according to Hammouri, fosters the social epidemics among Palestinians, which is something immensely preferred by the Israeli occupation.

Civil administration

Hammouri said the Israeli plans aim at turning the regions behind the Separation Wall into " civil administration", i.e. putting them under military rule. Therefore, the PLO, rather than the Israel municipality, would be responsible for providing services to these areas.

He stated that Jerusalem is a crucial issue for Israel, insisting that less than 12,000 Jerusalemites have Israeli nationalities.

Since 1967, the Israeli authorities have withdrawn the residency from 14,900 Jerusalemites.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday raided and shut down a popular Palestinian radio station in an attempt to further escalate tension and quell anti-occupation activism in the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli occupation army raided the office of Radio Dream in the southern occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil, confiscating the radio’s broadcasting equipment and shutting it down.

Live snapshots posted by Palestinian users on social media show the occupation soldiers as standing outside the premises.

The images also show a damaged door and equipment scattered on the floor.

In another image, a printed directive signed by Israeli officials can be seen, in which the station is ordered to remain closed until May 26, 2015.

Observers said the letter that is dated November 26, 2015, is most likely referring to May 26, 2016.

The Israeli military claimed that the radio station was closed due to ongoing “incitement.”

Radio Dream is the third radio station that has been targeted in recent weeks after being accused of spreading incitement against the Israeli occupation.

The Israeli occupation army also threatened to shut down the One and Nas West Bank radio stations in case national chants and slogans are broadcast.

Detainees and Ex-detainees Committee revealed that the number of arrests among Palestinians mounted to 2400 including 1200 cases against minors since the beginning of Jerusalem Intifada on the first of last October.

A report issued by the committee on Saturday showed that 500 cases of administrative detention were recorded. The number of Palestinian prisoners who are already detained in Israeli jails jumped to 7000 including 430 minors, 40 women and 20 others arrested after being shot by Israeli gunfire.

The committee pointed out that the Israeli occupation army has committed crimes against Palestinian captives including execution instead of arrest and leaving the wounded pleading for long hours without receiving medical aid. Israeli crimes also included kidnapping the injured captives from hospitals as well as torturing and abusing detainees especially the minors.

The report stated that Israeli forces used police dogs in attacking the arrested Palestinians and used the captives as human shields. Other crimes included demolition of houses of Palestinians, detaining the bodies of martyrs and setting new laws legitimizing the arrest and trial of minors and detaining them for long periods.

On the occasion of the Solidarity Day with the Palestinian People, the committee called on the United Nations to accelerate the provision of international protection for the Palestinian people and prisoners. it also called for sending committees to investigate the Israeli violations of the UN resolutions and conventions, the international humanitarian law and all humanitarian and democratic norms.

A group of Islamic scholars and organizations Saturday called for providing mass-support for the Palestinian cause and defending the holy al-Aqsa Mosque against simmering Israeli terrorism.

Addressing the conferees at the First Conference for Muslim Scholars held in Palestine by the Palestinian Scholars Association and the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Marwan Abu Ras opined that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a religious one.

“The Israeli occupation is a stray entity. Its name, star, parliament, streets, and city names are altogether a proof that its war against the Palestinians is waged on a religious ground.”

He stressed scholars’ key-role in providing support for the Palestinian people and Muslims’ al-Aqsa Mosque.

The group’s Secretary General, Ali al-Qurah Daghi, called, in a televised speech from Qatar, for providing anti-occupation activists with the moral and financial back up needed in carrying out their resistance mission.

Head of the Supreme Council of Islamic Judiciary, Sheikh Hasan al-Juju, said: “As long as the Israeli colonizers are wreaking havoc on the Palestinian soil and striving to change the region’s Islamic character, Muslims and Arabs shall never have a moment’s rest.”

Speaking at the forum, head of the Muslim Scholars Association in Lebanon, Ahmad al-Amri urged Arabs and Muslims to stand up for the Palestinian people by all means available.

For his part, Deputy Head of Tunisia’s Ennahda Party Abdul Fatah Muru hailed the Palestinian men and women who have been maintaining vigil in Occupied Jerusalem, saying: “As long as the Muslim Nation is alive your cause will survive."

“Palestine is the cause of every single human being who has got a soul and a mind; it is the cause of every single human being who feels, hopes, and dreams of better future for the entire humanity,” Muru added.

General Supervisor of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan Hammam Sai’d also addressed the Palestinian people as stating: “You, Palestinians, have succeeded to impose a new fait accompli on the usurper Israeli entity by starting your Third Intifada on the ground.”

Meanwhile, Chairman of the House of the Holy Quran and Sunnah in Gaza, Abdul Rahman al-Jamal, said: “We took it upon our shoulders to raise future Muslim generations not just on the memorization of Quran but also on the very principles, ethics, and morals that holy book preaches.”

Prominent Indian scholar Salman Al-Nadi also called for a serious and unified position to be firmly adopted in solidarity with the Palestinians and all of the world’s oppressed peoples.

“Palestine is the land of prophets, peace be upon them. Palestine is for all Muslims,” Head of the Malaysian Islamic Party, Abdul Hadi Ong said.

On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, a European Union official, Friday, called for placing Palestine and the Palestinian people under international protection.

“Ahead of International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people I would like to reiterate my call to place Palestine and its people under international protection, ” said Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Palestine, MEP Martina Anderson.

“The occupiers will not protect the occupied,” stressed the EU official, according to WAFA.

Anderson began her video statement noting that, since the UN resolution which partitioned Palestine, “the right of the people of Palestine have eroded away to nothing” following successive Israeli military aggressions, land confiscation, settlement construction and Palestinians’ freedom restrictions.

Commenting on the latest Israeli spree of killings perpetrated against Palestinians, Anderson stated: “Today Palestinians face as much as hardships as they have throughout their history. The escalation of violence in the region following the Israeli decision to restrict access to Jerusalem holy city on a sectarian basis has resulted in almost one hundred Palestinians losing their lives with thousands more being wounded by police and army’s brutality and indiscriminate settlers’ attacks.”

Anderson also called upon states all over the world to recognize Palestine, and called for the Israeli blockade on Gaza to be lifted, Israeli settler activity and terror, as well as the collective punishment of the Palestinian people and occupation to be ended.

“The collective punishment of Palestinian youths must end and in order to secure peace & stability in the region the occupation must end,' said the EU official.

She also called for the release of Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli detention centers.

“Genuine progress towards a peaceful two-state solution cannot be made in a climate of fear and intimidation,” she concluded.

The United Nations observes the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on November 29 each year, a very meaningful and significant day to the Palestinian people.

On that day in 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted resolution 181, which provided for the establishment of an “Arab State” and a “Jewish state” with Jerusalem as a corpus separatum under a special international regime.

According to the United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine (UNISPAL) website, the Solidarity Day is meant to provide an opportunity for the international community to “focus its attention on the fact that the question of Palestine is still unresolved and that the Palestinian people is yet to attain their inalienable rights as defined by the GA, namely the right to self-determination without external influence, the right to national independence and sovereignty and the right to return to their homes and property from which they had been displaced.”

This day features worldwide events, such as the issuance of special messages of solidarity with the Palestinian people, the organization of meetings and photo exhibitions and the screenings of films.

In its resolution A/68/12 of 26 November 2013, the General Assembly decided to proclaim 2014 the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (IYSPP).

“The continuation of the Israeli occupation and its persistence with colonial settlement activities, cruel arrests and detention of civilians, affirm Israel's arrogance and intransigence, its violations of international law, its rejection of peace and its adherence instead to the ideology of colonial expansion, subjugation and greed,” Anderson was also quoted in a statement on the official website of Sinn Fein.

“Ending the injustice inflicted on the people of Palestine is a moral and humanitarian responsibility. The international community should compel Israel, the occupying power, to abide by international law to put an end to its violations and its illegal, aggressive and destructive practices.” She added that, “The status quo under occupation and the Israeli iron fist is unsustainable as it keeps the region in a constant spiral of violence, bloodshed and conflict.

“The Palestine people have the right to enjoy freedom, dignity, sovereignty and independence in their Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.”

United States Secretary John Kerry has, once again, visited the Middle East, to exert his particular brand of useless influence on Palestinian President and Israeli puppet Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli Prime Murderer Benjamin Netanyahu.

At least this time he conceded that no progress has been made; there were no false promises about future ‘negotiations’, and Mr. Netanyahu stated categorically that settlement building would not cease.

Once again, Mr. Kerry saw only one side of this bloody coin. Completely ignoring the daily house raids and checkpoints, and the kidnapping and killing of innocent, unarmed Palestinians, he offered his full support to Israel. Referring to the recent escalation of violence in Jerusalem, he said: “Clearly, no people anywhere should live with daily violence; with attacks in the streets, with knives or scissors or cars. It is very clear to us that the terrorism, these acts of terrorism, which have been taking place deserve the condemnation that they are receiving.

And, today, I express complete condemnation for any act of terror that takes innocent lives and disrupts the day-to-day life of a nation. Israel has every right in the world to defend itself. It has an obligation to defend itself. And, it will and it is.”

The one-sidedness of this statement is almost too incredible to comprehend, but one must consider the source. Can we look at this statement in its component parts and see what sense we might be able to make of it?

• “No people anywhere should live with daily violence”. This writer agrees completely with that statement. But, apparently unlike Mr. Kerry, he considers Palestinians to be ‘people’. Yes, many of them are Muslim, but this writer makes no religious distinction among his personal categorization of ‘people’; perhaps Mr. Kerry does. And the violence with which Palestinians live is so severe, so constant and so deadly that one wonders how anyone, let alone the U.S. Secretary of State, can ignore it. Since the beginning of October, 2015, through November 24, at least 94 Palestinians have been killed by Israelis; the Israeli death toll stands at 16. Unarmed Palestinian men and women have been shot when they posed no threat to anyone. Can this not be seen as ‘daily violence’, with which no one should have to live?

Palestinians are often shot and killed when allegedly attacking Israelis with knives. In December of 2010, a man in Japan was arrested for stabbing thirteen people. Note that he was arrested; not shot and killed. And Palestinians are shot for allegedly ‘threatening’ Israelis when they have no weapons whatsoever.

• “It is very clear to us that the terrorism, these acts of terrorism, which have been taking place deserve the condemnation that they are receiving.” Interestingly, much of the world is increasingly seeing the constant acts of terrorism committed by Israel. They are, in fact, beginning to receive the condemnation that they deserve. That Mr. Kerry doesn’t see or condemn them is not surprising, considering the extensive, yet diminishing, influence the American Israeli Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC) wields on U.S. governance.

• “And, today, I express complete condemnation for any act of terror that takes innocent lives and disrupts the day-to-day life of a nation.”

Mr. Kerry talks of “condemnation for any act of terror that takes innocent lives”. Surely, he must see the more than 500 children killed by Israel during the summer of 2014 as ‘innocent lives’. Where was his condemnation when they were being slaughtered?

Does Mr. Kerry not know that, for decades, Israel has caused the near-complete disruption of Palestinian life? Farmers can’t work in their own fields; students have to pass numerous checkpoints to get to school and return home. In the Gaza Strip, the illegal blockade prevents the importing of building materials, so tens of thousands of people remain homeless more than a year after Israel’s most recent genocidal onslaught. Unemployment in the Gaza Strip is among the highest in the world, all due to Israel.

• “Israel has every right in the world to defend itself. It has an obligation to defend itself. And it will and it is.” It seems almost tiresome to point out, once again, the absurdity of believing that an occupying country must defend itself from its victim. As Palestinian activist Hanan Ashrawi said, “the Palestinians are the only people on earth required to guarantee the security of the occupier, while Israel is the only country that demands protection from its victims.”

And, let us also consider the 1960 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and the Fourth Geneva Convention and its subsequent protocols. Commenting on these documents, Israeli human rights lawyer Lynda Brayer said this in 2011: “Above and beyond the basic right of all human beings to resist their being killed and harmed, and a society to take armed actions to protect itself, this document legitimizes also national liberation struggles, including, at this time in history, most particularly, the Palestinian people’s struggle for its own freedom. It is this right which legitimizes all Palestinian attempts to lift the yoke of Israeli oppression from Palestine, including all the actions taken by the Palestinians during Operation Cast Lead.”

One must take some comfort in the fact that Mr. Kerry did not restart the worse-than-useless ‘negotiations’ between Palestine and Israel. But as the official representative of Israel’s chief financier, the U.S., he could have done much to end the unspeakable injustices to which the Palestinians have been subjected by Israel for decades.

The world is awakening to Israeli apartheid. As with South Africa, it will not end overnight, but it will end, and Palestine will be free.

The Israeli occupation army's civil administration has threatened to shut down the Palestinian radio station "Nas FM" in Jenin province if it did not stop broadcasting programs inciting against Israel.

Nas FM received a notice from the civil administration stating that "part of its broadcasts regularly airs inciting remarks calling for harming citizens and soldiers."

"Broadcasting such remarks violates the law of incitement," the notice added.

"Before taking all measures according to the law, closing down the radio station and confiscating its equipment, we are writing to you to warn and demand you to stop broadcasting remarks inciting to violence," it warned.

In the latest numbers on injuries, from this past Friday, November 20th, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported that more than 10,000 Palestinians were injured since October 1st, including at least 1458 who were shot with live army fire, and 1070 shot with rubber-coated steel bullets.

The Ministry also said that 300 Palestinians suffered fractures and bruises after being assaulted by Israeli soldiers and paramilitary settlers in the West Bank, in addition to 26 Palestinians who suffered burns due to Israeli gas bombs and concussion grenades, while 6400 Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

The Hamas Movement has welcomed the invitation made by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and FIDA Party to form and convene "an elected unifying national council" outside Palestine in harmony with the reconciliation agreement.

Hamas spokesman Sami Zuhri on Thursday has called for respecting the national consensus and refraining from taking one-sided decisions in order to have a unified national position on al-Quds intifada.

In a statement issued following their meeting on Wednesday in Ramallah city, the PLFP and the Palestinian Democratic Union, also known as FIDA Party, had stressed the need for forming a unifying council for the Palestinians from all spectra abroad.

Their statement called for forming the council away from any Israeli intervention and allowing all political and social forces from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the resistance factions to join.

Hamas Movement has called on the Palestinian people for sparking clashes with the Israeli occupation troops across all flashpoints in the occupied Palestinian territories.

In a statement issued Friday morning, Hamas called on the Palestinian masses across the occupied West Bank to join the sweeping rallies set to be staged after Friday prayers in protest at Israel’s simmering terrorism against Palestinian civilians and Islamic places of worship.

The Movement spoke out against the Israeli arbitrary confiscation of the bodies of Palestinian martyrs who were shot and killed during earlier clashes.

The statement vowed that none of Israel’s oppressive policies shall curtail the tide of the ongoing anti-occupation Jerusalem Intifada.

Hamas further hailed the heroic anti-occupation attacks carried out by Palestinian protesters and activists in an attempt to restore their legitimate rights and retrieve their motherland.

The Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Member of Knesset Tzipi Hotovely, held meetings this week with representatives of YouTube and Google, to find ways of cooperating to censor Palestinian videos from occupied Palestine, videos she dubbed as “inciting violence and terrorism.”

Israeli daily Maariv said Hotovely will be working with Google and YouTube officials in a joint mechanism that will be in charge of “monitoring and preventing” any publication of materials deemed by Tel Aviv to be “inflammatory.”

Hotovely announced in a Hebrew-only press release that she met with YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, and Google’s Director of Public Policy, Jennifer Oztzistzki, at Google’s Silicon Valley Offices.

Hotovely said that she received a comprehensive review mechanism for companies to monitor the films that allegedly incite violence, claiming that the supposed ‘incitement videos’ drive young children to go out and stab: "The attacks daily in Israel are the result of youths and children incited by the education system and the social networks, this is a daily war of incitement."

She said that Google agreed to strengthen the bilateral relations with Israel’s Foreign Ministry, and build a mechanism of “collaborative work” that would make both parties partners in monitoring the published materials and censoring them.

The Israeli move comes amidst escalating tension in occupied Palestine, and a large number of videos, including those showing Israeli soldiers and officers killing Palestinians execution-style after injuring them, and many videos that in general highlight the suffering of the Palestinian people, living under the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine.

The Israeli coordination with Google and YouTube has very serious implications, and many journalists have spoken out in opposition, saying it is a direct assault on the Freedom of the Press.

All foreign journalists who report in the Occupied Territories are required to register with the Israeli military, and any footage that they film is required to go through the Israeli Military Censor’s office before it can be released.

With the recent advances in technology, many Palestinians and other civilians have been able to post videos uncensored online.

The Israeli government has frequently voiced its discontent with this development, and have worked to find ways to continue to censor videos coming out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

The Palestinian Health Ministry Jawad Awad described Israel's of leaving Mohamed Shubaki to bleed to death is “a war crime and a flagrant violation to the international laws and norms.”

Shubaki’s executing is clear evidence of the Israeli systematic terrorism against the Palestinian people, the Minister said after a video was published on social media networks, showing Shubaki lying on the ground, moaning and writhing in pain, his face and back bloodied.

Israeli soldiers were shown in the video neglecting the Palestinian man after he was shot in an alleged stabbing attempt on one of their forces on Wednesday.

The Minister strongly condemned the Israeli negligence to the injured man, saying that his life could have been saved.

He also called on international human rights institutions to intervene immediately to stop the Israeli deliberate killing of Palestinians.

Israeli occupation forces have summarily executed dozens of Palestinians in the past 50 days. Many were left to bleed while medics were not allowed to administer first aid to to the injured. 18+ Video

Israeli human rights center, B'Tselem, is holding PM Benjamin Netanyahu's government responsible for the committing of field executions against Palestinians by both Israeli forces and civilians.

The director general of the center, Hagai Elad, said that the Israeli government encouraged Israeli forces to act as judge or executioner and to shoot Palestinians dead, even after apprehending them.

Elad noted that the security camera footage shows Israeli police shooting both Hadil and Nurhan Awad as they lay motionless on the ground. The footage shows that an Israeli civilian knocked Nurhan to the ground before being shot. Video

He also noted the incident in which Ashraqet Qatnani, aged 16, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers after being run over by Gershon Mesika, the former head of the Shomron regional council. Gershon confirmed that the soldiers shot her dead even though she was posing no danger to anyone.

The center reported, according to Al Ray, that Israeli ministers and other politicians, as well as top military and police officers, openly encourage civilians to shoot and kill any Palestinian suspected of assaulting Israelis, regardless of the extent of danger that he or she poses at the time.

It explained that the willful killing of a person who does not pose danger is patently unlawful and entails personal criminal responsibility.

Two Palestinians were shot with live rounds; one with a rubber-coated steel bullet and several others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Several Israeli army vehicles invaded the refugee camp, through its western entrance, and fired gas bombs, and live rounds on a number of homes, while trying to reach the home of Mohammad Shobaki, who was shot by the army, and died of his wounds, Wednesday.

Eyewitnesses said Palestinian medics moved many residents to Abu al-Hasan al-Qassem hospital, in Yatta nearby town, after the soldiers prevented them from leaving the town through its main road while trying to reach Hebron hospitals.

The soldiers also invaded and searched many homes in the refugee camp, and occupied the rooftops of a number of invaded buildings.

Also on Thursday, a Palestinian man, identified as Samer Hasan Seriesi, 51 years of age, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers, at the Za’tara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The man was left to bleed to death, while Israeli medics stood, in the distance, with the soldiers.

In addition, the soldiers invaded the town of Qotna, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, early Thursday morning, shooting and killing one Palestinian, identified as Yahya Yosri Taha, 21 years of age, in addition to kidnapping and wounding many residents.

Eighteen of the slain Palestinians were killed in Gaza, one in the Negev, and the rest in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the more than 12.000 Palestinians have been injured since October 1, 1578 of them with live Israeli rounds, 1085 with rubber-coated steel bullets, and were all moved to hospitals, in addition to 1528 who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets and received treatment by Palestinian medics.

Palestinian Prisoner Center for Studies revealed that the recorded cases of Palestinians arrested by Israeli soldiers since the beginning of Jerusalem Intifada mounted to 2,250 including 67 women, 880 minors, and hundreds of ex-detainees in addition to dozens of patients and captives of special needs.

The spokesman of Prisoner Center Riyad al-Ashqar said the average of the daily arrests ranges between 20 to 30 cases.

The arrests include women, patients, MPs, university and school students, academicians, and wounded in Israeli shooting, he added.

According to Ashqar, 720 Palestinians were arrested in Occupied Jerusalem and 600 in al-Khalil, while 40% of the detainees were minors.

The Israeli Occupation authority (IOA) issued 278 orders of administrative detention including 12 orders against Palestinian minors and 2 others against Palestinian girls. The orders ranged between two to six months of administrative detention, without trial or charge.

Israeli war minister Moshe Ya’alon declared on Wednesday evening intention to construct a smart fence, separating the West Bank city of al-Khalil and the Lakhish Regional Council.

Ya'alon's remarks came in response to a motion filed by Likud MK Mickey Zohar to prevent Palestinian resistance operations.

The fence constitutes of a well-equipped electric panel with smart cameras.

"We are aware of the issue of the fence, and now with the budgetary approval for the massive fence we plan to build one similar to the border fence with Egypt - it will take some time but it will happen," the war minister vowed.

Meanwhile, a number of Palestinian youths managed overnight to throw a Molotov cocktail at an Israeli patrol stationed at Abu Rish checkpoint south of al-Khalil.

A second Molotov cocktail was thrown at a group of Israeli soldiers while storming and searching a number of local homes south of the city.

Following the incidents, Israeli forces intensified their presence in the area and closed all the main roads with concrete barriers.